User Ratings & Reviews

A: The beer is hazy yellowish amber in color and has a thin white head. There is no visible carbonation in the form of rising bubbles.
S: There are light aromas of floral hops in the nose.
T: The taste shares some similarities with the smell, but the flavors from the fresh hops are much more pronounced. There are also some notes of pale malts in the flavor.
M: It feels light- to medium-bodied on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
D: The beer isn't that difficult to drink and goes down rather smoothly.

The beer pours a golden amber with fairly decent head retention and minimal lacing. The nose isn't bad, showcasing light tobacco, citrus and a hint of orange honey. The flavor profile replicates the nose, but fortunately is a bit more intense. This pale ale is fairly dry otherwise, with considerable tobacco and noticeable hoppy bitterness. Mouthfeel is medum bodied, with an herbaceous, fairly bitter finish. Drinkabilty is quite good, in what I assume is an abv. in the 6% range.

While nothing spectacular here, you can really appreciate the wet hopping in this beer. It adds a note of tobacco and herbaceousness that I thought was impressive. Not bad at all...

Medium body, way higher carbonation, pretty smooth drinking with some dryness. Alcohol is masked almost completely, and the citrusy hops are definitely tasty. It seemed like there was a little something missing here, but still a solid brew.

S: This years harvest ale was brewed with Pennsylvania grown cascades and then dry hopped with nuggets. The cascades are certainly there with a sharp grassy-citric nose. There is a grainy, almost lager like malt component as well.

T: Clean, crisp and remarkably fresh citric (lemon) and grassy notes from the cascades and a nice herbal (tea like) bitterness from the nuggets. A very nice beer. If you could get me this beer fresh in june i'd be thrilled in the warmer weather.

I had this on tap at Victory Brewery and Restaurant in Dowingtown, PA. It came in a tumbler.
Appearance: The body is a light clear amber body. The head is an eggshell color, fluffy two fingers tall, great retention and sticky lacing.
Smell: The aromas are hoppy, piney and earth tones.
Taste: The flavors are piney hops, yeast and dirty flavors.
Mouthfeel: The body is thin and crisp.
Drinkability: This is a good beer.
Don't drink and review.

Relatively recently at Rattle 'N Hum's Victory promo...about 2 months ago. Poured amber/copper, with less than a finger of white; poor retention and lacing. Little visible carbonation. Very malty nuances in the nose; caramel, apple, and brown sugar...certainly not representation of a 'wet hop' offering. This could have been the result of it being brewed in '09, and not aging well. The taste mirrored the nose, in that it was very malty from start to finish, with only the faintest hint of dry herbs on the finish. Non-descript, non-carbonated medium body. Non-offensive enough to session, but definitely not a dynamic specimen of the style.